continued fraction
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noun Mathematics.
a fraction whose denominator contains a fraction whose denominator contains a fraction, and so on.
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Origin of continued fraction
First recorded in 1860–65
Words nearby continued fraction
continuator, continue, continued, continued education, continued fever, continued fraction, continued proportion, continuing resolution, continuity, continuity announcer, continuity equation
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British Dictionary definitions for continued fraction
continued fraction
noun
a number plus a fraction whose denominator contains a number and a fraction whose denominator contains a number and a fraction, and so on
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